Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America
Archives related to: E.J. van Wisselingh & co. (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
| title | Archief kunsthandel Van Wisselingh & Co. | repository | Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie |
| description | Correspondence, import and sale of books, financial statements, exhibition catalogs, image, and press documentation. 1891-1995 Notes The paintings book, 1903-1907 (inv.nr 144) is only a copy available for consultation. Letters of Jan Mankes Eilers Jr. of art from inv. No 17 are temporarily not available in relation to digitization. Collection Number: 337 |
| extent | 16 meters |
| formats | Correspondence Account Books Exhibition Catalogs Scrapbooks Inventories |
| access | Open to the public with the exception of inv.nrs. 54-89, 112, 160-164, 166-184, 187, 227-229, 504 (until July 1, 2019). Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record link | http://rkd.nl/explore/archives/details/NL-HaRKD-0005 |
| record source | https://rkd.nl/explore/collections/337 |
| updated | 03/16/2023 10:29:49 |
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| title | Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art records, 1883-1962, bulk 1885-1962 | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | The records of the Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art are complete record of the museum's work, starting with the planning of the first loan exhibition in 1885 and ending with the cancellation of the International at the start of World War II in 1940. The museum's day-to-day relationships with all aspects of the contemporary art world are documented within the historical context. Extensive correspondents related to the art world include artists, dealers, galleries, collectors, museum directors, shipping and insurance agents, and museum trustees museum staff, art directors, associations, societies, clubs, critics, press, and governments. These exchanges include general requests for information; requests related to the museum's exhibitions, including the International; letters regarding the museum's involvement in the events of other art organizations; loan, sales, and provenance information for specific works of art; and information regarding the events of other art organizations. Series 1: Correspondence, 1883-1962, (Boxes 1-153, OV 267; 152.5 linear feet) Series 2: Department of Fine Arts, 1896-1940, (Boxes 153-184, OV 268; 31.6 linear feet) Series 3: Exhibitions, 1901-1940, (Boxes 184-204; 20 linear feet) Series 4: International, 1895-1940, (Boxes 204-234, 265-266; 30.2 linear feet) Series 5: Letterpress Books, 1900-1917, (Boxes 235-251; 17 linear feet) Series 6: Card Catalogs, 1895-1940, (Box 252-264; 11 linear feet) The Exhibitions and International Series (Series 3 and 4) and the correspondence of directors John W. Beatty and Homer Saint-Gaudens were digitized in 2011 and are available via the Archives of American Art's website. Blank pages, blank versos of photographs, photographs of artwork, and duplicates have not been scanned. In most cases, only the cover, title page, and individual relevant pages have been scanned from published materials. |
| extent | 264 Boxes, 264.3 Linear Feet |
| formats | Electronic Resource Correspondence Administrative Records Exhibition Files Catalogs |
| access | Use of original papers requires an appointment. |
| record link | https://sirismm.si.edu/EADpdfs/AAA.carninst.pdf |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/carnegie-institute-museum-art-records-7343 |
| finding aid | Available online: http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/carnegie-institute-museum-art-records-7343/more |
| acquisition information | The Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art records were loaned for microfilming in 1966 and later donated to the Archives of American Art in 1972. A small addition of corrrespondence was donated in 2017 by Elizabeth Tufts Brown. |
| updated | 06/08/2023 16:42:11 |
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| title | Vose Galleries of Boston records, circa 1876-1996, bulk 1920-1940 | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | The records of Vose Galleries of Boston measure 25.6 linear feet and date from circa 1876, 1890s-1996 with the bulk of materials dating from 1920s-1930s. Nearly 90 percent of the collection documents the gallery's handling of American paintings and portraits through incoming and outgoing business correspondence with artists, clients, galleries, and museums, including considerable correspondence with portrait artist Alfred Jonniaux and clients regarding commissioned portraits. Other materials include client files; artists' biographies; records of sales, consignments, framing, restoration, and banking, mostly from the 1940s-1960s; and scattered exhibition catalogs, newspaper clippings, and postcards. Also found is a handwritten manuscript regarding the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia, PA and a 1991 videotape about the Vose Galleries and its founding family. Correspondence of note is with artists Childe Hassam, Malvina Hoffman, Alfred Jonniaux, and John Singer Sargent; galleries Ehrich Galleries, Clapp & Graham Co., M. Knoedler & Co., Macbeth Galleries, Milch Galleries, Newhouse Galleries, Arthur U. Newton Galleries, Norton Galleries, and Howard Young Galleries; the estates of Anna Coleman Ladd and William E. Norton; and the family of Abbott H. Thayer. Researchers should note that the records do not comprehensively span the gallery's history or operations. The bulk of the collection is correspondence from the 1920s-1930s and, lesser so, from the 1970s. There is little material in the collection which dates before the 1910s or the 1950s-1960s, other than correspondence regarding Alfred Jonniaux and some financial records. Records loaned for microfilming should be consulted for materials outside of the bulk dates of this collection, especially for materials from the late 1800s-early 1900s. Bio / His Notes: Vose Galleries (founded 1841) is a long time family run art gallery based in the Boston, Mass. area. Additional forms: Materials lent for microfilming on reels B1, 2380, 4593-4594, and 4909 available for use at the Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. Reels 3936-3940 available for use only at Archives of American Art offices. Loc. of Assoc. Material: From 1965-1994, Vose Galleries of Boston loaned materials to the Archives of American Art for microfilming which are available on microfilm reels B1, 2380, 3936-3940, 4593-4594, and 4909 and by interlibrary loan. These materials were returned after microfilming and not included in later donations from the gallery. Reel B1 contains a scrapbook compiled by Seth Vose and annotated by Robert Vose that contains clippings, 1886-1900, and an 1889 letter from author and critic Alfred Trumble; and a scrapbook compiled and annotated by Robert C. Vose spanning the years 1920-1940, 1897, and 1905, and containing clippings and handwritten lists. Reel 2380 contains numerous photographs, circa 1890-1964, of Seth Morton Vose, Robert C. Vose, Sr., artists, collectors, and dealers associated with Vose Galleries; a Macbeth Gallery "smoker" in honor of Emil Carlsen; a drawing of Charles Emil Heil by George F. Wing, and a charcoal drawing after Monticelli by Albion Harris Bicknell. Many of the photographs are annotated by Robert C. Vose. Reels 3936-3940 contain account books, 1871-1887; a journal, 1889-1903, a ledger, 1889-1901; invoice books, 1896-circa 1954, inventories of paintings and drawings in stock, 1884, 1892 and 1906; exhibition records, 1911-1982?; traveling exhibition records, 1915-1949; and a record of paintings sold, 1876-1894. Written permission is required to access these reels. Reels 4593-4594 contain clippings, undated and 1891-1989, chiefly about purchases, sales and exhibitions, but also pertaining to art dealers, museums, artists, and art events. Reel 4909 contains a scrapbook of clippings, announcements, programs, and other printed materials, 1882-1993. The Archives of American Art holds several separately cataloged collections related to Vose Galleries of Boston, including the Carrig-Rohane Shop records (1903-1962); oral history interviews with Seth Morton Vose (July 24, 1986 - April 28, 1987) and Robert C. Vose, Jr. (June 27 - July 23, 1986); a sound recording and videotape of a Robert C. Vose, Jr. lecture at the Somerset Club (May 14, 1987); a sound recording of an interview with Robert C. Vose (March 1961); the Miscellaneous Art Exhibition Catalog collection containing Vose Galleries exhibition catalogs, circa 1900-1941; and, Robert C. Vose, Jr. typescripts and clippings, 1961, on microfilm reels 3480 and 4314. Cite as: Vose Galleries of Boston records, circa 1876, 1890s-1996, bulk 1920s-1930s. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. |
| extent | 25.6 linear ft. |
| formats | Correspondence Photographs Scrapbooks Financial Records Catalogs |
| access | REELS 3936-3940: ACCESS RESTRICTED; written permission required. Microfilmed portion must be consulted on microfilm. Use of unmicrofilmed portion requires an appointment and is limited to the Washington, D.C. storage facility. Reels 3936-3940: Authorization to publish, quote or reproduce requires written permission from an officer of the Vose Galleries, 238 Newbury St., Boston, Mass.02116 |
| record link | https://sirismm.si.edu/EADpdfs/AAA.vosegall.pdf |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/vose-galleries-boston-records-9272 |
| finding aid | Index to clippings on reels 4593-4594 is available at AAA offices. |
| acquisition information | Scrapbooks on reel B1 lent for microfilming by the Vose Galleries, 1955. Photographs on reel 2380 lent for microfilming, 1981, and unfilmed material donated by the Vose Galleries, 1965 through 1995, including 4 ft. of clippings microfilmed on reels 4593-4594. The clippings were originally compiled by Sibbie Marsh, long-time gallery assistant, and then by Robert C. Vose, Jr. after he joined the firm, circa 1931. The scrapbook on reel 4909 was lent for microfilming 1994. Account books and other records on reels 3936-3940 were processed and microfilmed by the Getty Art History Information Program in 1987; the film was donated by the Getty although the records are retained by Vose. Continuing additions to the records are transferred to the Archives by Robert C. Vose, Jr. as he finishes his use of them in writing a lengthy series of vignettes from the firm's history. |
| updated | 06/08/2023 16:42:23 |
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| title | Macbeth Gallery records, 1838-1968 (bulk 1892-1953). | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | The records provide almost complete coverage of the gallery's operations from its inception in 1892 to its closing in 1953. Through extensive correspondence files, financial and inventory records, printed material, scrapbooks, reference and research material, and photographs of artists and works of art, the records document all aspects of the gallery's activities, charting William Macbeth's initial intention to lease his store "for the permanent exhibition and sale of American pictures" through over sixty years of success as a major New York firm devoted to American art. The collection measures 132.2 linear feet and dates from 1838 to 1968 with the bulk of the material dating from 1892 to 1953. Correspondence files form the bulk of the collection and records the day-to-day transactions of the gallery with artists, dealers, curators, and collectors. The correspondence found here documents all aspects of the gallery's activities including relationships with artists, arrangements for loans, consignments, and sales; the development of public and private collections; and the involvement of the gallery owners in the art community. In addition to general correspondence there is a group of correspondence that pertains directly to requests for gallery publications and a series of letterpress books containing five years of copies of the gallery's outgoing letters. The financial and shipping records provide a detailed record of the gallery's financial transactions through a variety of ledgers and account books. These records provide insight into art buying and collecting tendencies throughout the first half of the twentieth century. They also record the effect of fluctuations in the economy including the Depression of the 1930s. Records in this series can be used more effectively in conjunction with the card files in Series 3: Inventory Records. The information found here supports that found in Series 2: Financial and Shipping Records and consists of card files recording stock disposition and a series of stock books. The card files are an invaluable tool for tracking the artwork that passed through Macbeth's hands. Includes printed material published by Macbeth Gallery in addition to exhibition catalogs from other galleries and organizations, art publications, and loose magazine articles and news clippings. Publications represented are the Macbeth Gallery publications Art Notes and Biographical Notes in addition to a set of bound volumes, comprising an almost complete run of the pre-Civil War American art journal The Crayon. The scrapbooks are the collection's main source of Macbeth Gallery exhibition catalogs and related news clippings. They provide comprehensive coverage of the gallery's history and include material on day-to-day events at the gallery as well as important occasions such as the 1908 exhibition of "The Eight" and the gallery's fortieth, fiftieth and sixtieth anniversaries, news of the art world in general and some photographs. Due to their fragile nature, scrapbooks can be consulted only on microfilm. The reference files consist of reference and research files relating to American artists and containing material gathered over time by the Macbeths and Robert G. McIntyre. Several references are made in the gallery's outgoing correspondence to the fact that the gallery was compiling a summmary of ownership of paintings by the best known American artists. Documentation related to this endeavor can be found here in a folder of collection lists of artwork in private and public collections. Named artist files contain important information regarding the provenance of paintings, including some by Gilbert Stuart and Winslow Homer. Other material found here includes photographs of artwork, biographical information on the artists listed, scattered correspondence, clippings, notes, and copies of reference material from printed sources. Miscellaneous material contains transcripts of several lectures and essays written by Robert Macbeth, and an essay on Winslow Homer which he wrote for Living American Art. Also found here is a folder containing notes for a lecture on Israeli art by Robert G. McIntyre; an original drawing and a print by Robert W. Weir; and a transcript allegedly of excerpts from the journal of Marsden Hartley apparently transcribed by an unknown member of the Macbeth Gallery staff. The remaining materials found here are miscellaneous business records of Robert G. McIntyre. The photographs include a rich collection of images of many of the artists whose work was handled by the Macbeth Gallery, as well as photos of the gallery and the artwork. A substantial number of the photographs are original silver gelatin and platinum prints; there are also several daguerrotypes and an original photo postcard. Many of the photographs are autographed and some are addressed to the gallery. The artist most heavily represented in the photograph files is Winslow Homer. The photographs of artists have been digitally scanned and may be viewed on the AAA Digital Collections Database. I. Correspondence, 1838-1968. II. Financial and Shipping Records, 1892-1956. III. Inventory Records, 1892-ca. 1957. IV. Printed Material, 1838-1963. V. Scrapbooks, 1892-1952. VI. Reference Files, 1839-1959. VII. Miscellaneous Files, 1912-1956. VIII. Photographs, ca. 1880-1968. |
| extent | Total: 132.2 linear ft. (partially microfilmed on 194 reels) reels NMc1-NMc81, 439-441, 2820-2823 & 3091-3092 reels 2564-2667 & 3094 |
| formats | Correspondence Financial Records Inventories Scrapbooks Clippings |
| access | Use requires an appointment. Scrapbooks: Fragile; 14 of the 20 originals closed; researchers must use microfilm reels NMc1 - NMc4 for access. |
| record link | https://sirismm.si.edu/EADpdfs/AAA.macbgall.pdf |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/macbeth-gallery-records-9703 |
| finding aid | Reels NMc 1-NMc 81, 2564-2667, 2820-2823, & 3094: Finding Aid available at AAA offices. Electronic finding aid available at http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/findingaids/macbgal.htm |
| acquisition information | Material on reels NMc 1-NMc 81, 2564-2667, 2820-2823, 3094 & unmicrofilmed portions donated in several installments, 1955-1966, by Robert G. McIntyre and estate. McIntyre was the last owner of the Macbeth Gallery and nephew of William Macbeth. Material on reels 3091-3092 donated 1974 by Phoebe C. and William Macbeth II, grandchildren of William Macbeth. All former accessions were merged and reprocessed in 2004; the arrangement of the collection does not match the microfilmed materials. |
| updated | 06/08/2023 16:42:16 |
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